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Laura's family's first home in Minnesota is made of sod, but Pa builds a clean new house made of sawed lumber beside Plum Creek. The money for materials will come from their first wheat crop. Then, just before the wheat is ready to harvest, a strange glittering cloud fills the sky, blocking out the sun. Soon millions of grasshoppers cover the field and everything on the farm. In a week's time, there is no wheat crop left at all.

On the Banks of Plum Creek is the fourth book in the Laura Years series.

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Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867–1957) was born in a log cabin in the Wisconsin woods. With her family, she pioneered throughout America’s heartland during the 1870s and 1880s, finally settling in Dakota Territory. She married Almanzo Wilder in 1885; their only daughter, Rose, was born the following year. The Wilders moved to Rocky Ridge Farm at Mansfield, Missouri, in 1894, where they established a permanent home. After years of farming, Laura wrote the first of her beloved Little House books in 1932. The nine Little House books are international classics. Her writings live on into the twenty-first century as America’s quintessential pioneer story.

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My children and I have been listening to the Audio versions of the Little house books because there is never enough time and you might as well do something useful like listen to a book while riding in the car. This is a wonderful book. I love to hear how they cherish all the little moments they shared together even though sometimes people were scared of what would happen next. They were so brave and so different from the people of this time. The beginning of this book, however is very sad. You can feel it from the moment you start listening that something is coming. I hope that all kinds of different people will listen to these stories because it really is important to know where you came from. All of our ancestors worked very hard for us to be here no matter who we are. Very GOOD!

I was talking to my daughter and found out she had never read The Little House books. I just can't live in a world where they haven't read it. So I bought this for her to read to my grandaughter.

This is not the feel good everything works out by the end of the TV show read. It is a story of hardship and privation. An in depth look and our brave ancestors and what they had to endure to realize their dreams. Of course there is love and family and happiness too. The accounts of their daily lives are amazing.

My daughter is writing this review. It is so amazing. This book is set in late 1800s in Plum Creek, Minnesota. You can't believe how good it is.I can't believe Laura and Mary (sisters) are already 8 and 9, and going to school and helping out Ma and Pa. The blizzards that came when Pa was gone were the worst. However,the Ingalls work hard and face these hard times.I have read this book several times and feel amazed. I can read this book a million times and not feel bored. So if you have bought this book already and are feeling bored you can pick up this book and will be entertained for hours.If you pick up this book,you can not put it down. So I hope you have a fun reading experience!

I have loved the older version of these books since I was 10 years old. I was really excited to get these new versions, to share with my children. However, when I received them, I realized that there were only the first five books in this set. I really wish that it would have been clearer that this set is not the complete set. It's a nice set, just not the full set.

I'm not a huge Laura Ingalls Wilder fan, but I really enjoyed this book. Her memory and ability to recall tiny details from long ago are amazing. Her retelling of a toddler wandering off is something every parent can relate to, and learn from. I found it very interesting and plan to read it again before donating it to a local school.

As an adult in his sixties, I first read this book over fifty years ago. This most recent purchase was for a granddaughter who I hope will love Laura Ingalls Wilder stories as much as I. There is not much I can add to this review that has not already been written. Decades of well deserved praise has been given to the "Little House" books. It is great children's literature of the highest order. Mix in some EB White and Robert Louis Stevenson stories and you have the basis for a fine child's library. Don't miss the Wilder books. You will be cheating yourself out of experiences that will be with you forever.